Extremely Short Fiction For Extremely Short Attention Spans By Brian Polk Published Issue 086, February 2021 DURING THE PANDEMIC, I’VE LOST THE ABILITY TO READ IN THE LONG FORM I think I’ve figured out my aversion to reading novels during these COVID times. And it mainly has to do with the fact that the aliens, […]
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JUSTIN FAVELA: TISSUE WITH A BACKBONE The Las Vegas Local Created Intricate Piñatas for Meow Wolf Las Vegas’ Omega Mart Representing the Seven Deadly Sins By Dave Jasmon “I feel like for a long time I was the token Latino in a lot of art shows.” says artist Justin Favela. Born and raised in Las
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February Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 086, February 2021 Brother Saturn | the jupiter prophecy The titles of some of the songs from this Brother Saturn album suggest a passage through turmoil and contemplation of one’s own mortality: “Re-Birth,” “Particles Of Life,” “These Are Dark Times” and “Death Will Find Us.” The
The Dream Machine By Joel Tagert Published Issue 085, January 2021 Author’s note: The underlined sentences in this story were generated from the preceding sentences by Talk to Transformer (https://app.inferkit.com/demo), a predictive neural network, with minimal alterations for narrative and grammatical continuity. When he reached the top of the hill and saw the highway in
21 Band Names Or The Road To Hell Paved With Chum By Zac Dunn Art by Tyler Gross Published Issue 085, January 2021 Knife Callus Conspiracy of One Unknown Unknowns Crafted By False Digits Sorry Not Sorry Waffles ‘n Concrete Poor Choices A Go Go Splash That Grain On The Fire Blood Right Diaper Pillar
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Why We Are Whispering By Jason Heller Art by Ali Hoff Published Issue 085, January 2021 Best of Birdy | Originally Published in Issue 068, August 2019 Amy never meant to build an automaton. She didn’t know how to make anything. Nevertheless in her basement one day she heaped laundry baskets and car batteries and
DJ PALMS By Visions Collage Published Issue 085, January 2021 Steve Haney — aka Visions Collage — is a visual collage artist and a percussionist for Jungle Fire, a Los Angeles-based TropiFunk juggernaut that digs deep into Afro/Latin Funk with an approach that is authentic and highly explosive.
MANIFEST: FUTURE IV By Derek Knierim Published Issue 085, January 2021 This preview image was created to show Derek’s followers of the series a glimpse of what is to come. This character will play a crucial roll in the next issue of his book series MANIFEST: FUTURE IV. Stay tuned. Prints available now. Derek Knierim is
STOP SPREAD By Brianna Corn Back Cover Issue 085, January 2021 We can all help each other through this. Order food in, tip your friends, remember to breathe, don’t buy from Amazon, support local makers, remember everyone could use a smile. And just wear a fucking mask, and was your hands of course. I love
Amy Guidry Anthropomorphism Published Issue 085, January 2021 Previously Published In The Journal: A Literary Magazine Amy Guidry (b. 1976, Jacksonville, N.C.) is an American artist residing in Lafayette, Louisiana. She grew up in Slidell, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. Guidry comes from a family of artists including the late painter Eleanor Norcross. She